Do you have an eye for capturing special moments, places, or everyday life? We’re inviting all tenants to take part in our photography competition.
You don’t need to be an experienced photographer or have any expensive equipment. If you enjoy snapping pictures on your phone or camera, we want to see your perspective on what makes your home, neighbourhood or community special.
Theme: Homes, neighbourhoods and communities
It could be a cosy corner of your flat, a local park, or a community event anything that reflects life in our community. For privacy reasons we would prefer not to feature any identifiable people in the photo.
Deadline for entries:
Submit your photo or photos by 31 December 2025 to be in with a chance of winning £50 of Love to Shop vouchers.
How to enter
Email your photo to: communications@castlepoint.gov.uk
Include your name, email and short caption or description of the picture.
Full terms and conditions
- The promoter is: Castle Point Borough Council whose registered office is at Kiln Rd, Thundersley, Benfleet SS7 1TF.
- Enter the competition by submitting your photo, name, email, and a short caption or description by emailing Communications@Castlepoint.gov.uk.
- The competition is open to the Social Housing tenants of Castle Point Borough Council aged 18 years and over.
- There is no entry fee and no purchase necessary to enter this competition.
- Entry into this competition will be deemed as acceptance of these terms and conditions.
- Each entrant may submit an unlimited number of photographs, provided each submission is original and not previously published or entered into other competitions.
- Closing date for entry will be 31 December 2025. After this date, no further entries to the will be permitted.
- No responsibility can be accepted for entries not received for whatever reason.
- The promoter reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition and these terms and conditions without notice in the event of any actual or anticipated breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other event outside of the promoter’s control.
- Any changes to the competition will be notified to entrants as soon as possible by the promoter.
- The prizes are as follows: £50 of love to shop vouchers.
- The Prizes are subject to availability, and we reserve the right to substitute any prize with another of equivalent value without giving notice.
- Prizes are non-transferable and no cash alternatives will be offered.
- The decision of the judging panel will be based on creativity, composition, originality and relevance to the theme. All decisions made by the panel will be final and no correspondence will be entered into it.
- The winner will be notified by email within 28 days of the closing date.
- The winner will only ever be contacted by representatives of Castle Point Borough Council . If the winner/s cannot be contacted or does/do not claim the prize within 14 days of notification, we reserve the right to withdraw the prize from the winner and pick a replacement winner.
- The promoter will notify the winner when and where the prize can be collected/accessed.
- The winner before receiving the prize must complete an identity verification process. This is to ensure compliance with eligibility requirements.
- These terms and conditions will be governed by English law and any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.
- Any personal data relating to the winner(s) or other entrants will be processed solely in accordance with our General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) obligations and the Data Protection Act 2018. Such data will not be disclosed to any third party without the entrant’s prior consent.
- The winning names will be available 28 days after the closing date by emailing the following address: communications@cpbc.gov.uk
- This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with any Social Network. You are providing your information to Castle Point Borough Council and not to any other party.
- The information provided will be used in conjunction with the following Privacy Policy found at Privacy Notices | CastlePoint
- Castle Point Borough Council has the right, at its sole discretion and at any time, to change or modify these terms and conditions, such change shall be effective immediately upon updating this document. Castle Point Borough Council also reserves the right to cancel the prize draw if circumstances arise outside of its control.
- Insofar as is permitted by law, the Promoter, its agents or distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate the winner or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up the prize except where it is caused by the negligence of the Promoter, its agents or distributors or that of their employees. Your statutory rights are not affected.
- Entrants retain copyright over their submitted image but grant Castle Point Borough Council a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence for promotional purposes, with appropriate credit given.
- Entries that are offensive, plagiarised, violate copyright laws, or involve unauthorised manipulation of the original scene may be disqualified
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Eligibility
- The competition is open exclusively to Castle Point Borough Council tenants
Photography competition – terms and conditions
Eligibility
- Open to tenants aged18 and above
- Entrants must reside in Castle Point Borough Council
Entry requirements
- Each entrant may submit an unlimited number of photographs.
- Entries must be original work and not previously published or entered in other competitions.
Submission deadline
- All entries must be received by 31 December 2025
- Late entries will not be accepted.
Judging criteria
- Entries will be judged on creativity, composition, originality and relevance to the theme.
- The decision of the judging panel is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Prizes
- Prizes are non-transferable and no cash alternatives will be offered.
- Winners will be notified by email
Copyright and usage
- Entrants retain copyright of their images.
- By entering, entrants grant Castle Point Borough Council a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use submitted images for promotional purposes.
- Proper credit will be given when images are used.
Data protection
- Personal data will be handled in accordance with Castle Point Borough Council’s privacy policy and GDPR regulations.
- Data will not be shared with third parties without consent.
Disqualification
- Entries that are offensive, plagiarised, or violate copyright laws will be disqualified.
- Any manipulation that misrepresents the original scene may result in disqualification unless explicitly allowed.
General
- Castle Point Borough Council reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition and these terms without notice.
- Participation implies acceptance of these terms and conditions.